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![]() ![]() ![]() Mortimer's best known book, however, is The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, first published in the United Kingdom in 2008. In 2000 his work '31 December 1999' was awarded the University of Exeter's prize for a 'poem for the Millennium', open to all present and past students of the university, and judged by the then poet laureate, Andrew Motion.įrom 2003 to 2009 he published a sequence of biographies of medieval political leaders: first Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, then Edward III, and Henry IV, in addition to 1415, a year in the life of Henry V. His first publications were poems, published in various literary magazines. ![]() Between 19 he worked for several major research institutions, including the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, the University of Exeter and the University of Reading. Mortimer was born in Petts Wood, and was educated at Eastbourne College, the University of Exeter (BA, PhD, DLitt) and University College London (MA). He is best known for his book The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, which became a Sunday Times bestseller in paperback in 2010. Ian James Forrester Mortimer, FSA, FRHistS (born 22 September 1967) is a British historian and writer of historical fiction. History, historiography, historical fiction University of Exeter, University College London Petts Wood, London Borough of Bromley, England ![]() ![]() Naomi Novik: I’ve known since the moment I sat down to write book six. I spoke with Novik about leaving Temeraire behind (sort of), how she wrote Uprooted, and what she’s looking forward to.Īdam Morgan: What made you decide to end the series with this ninth book and was that a hard decision to make? ![]() The ninth and final Temeraire book League of Dragons pubs next month (June 14), and Novik is in Chicago this week for Book Expo America (BEA)’s BookCon, where she’ll sign autographs and appear on the panel “ Unwritten: Stories You Haven’t Read (Yet)” on Saturday. ![]() In her spare time between Temeraire books-named after their draconic protagonist-Novik managed to write a standalone novel, Uprooted, that made my own best-of-2015 list, and will likely make my best-of-the-decade list as well. Her Majesty’s Dragon was nominted for a Hugo (back when that actually meant something), and went on to spawn eight sequels. The Napoleonic Wars are historically fascinating in their own right, but 10 years ago, Naomi Novik added dragons. ![]() ![]() He finds the firm's offer - a large salary, a lease on a new BMW, and a low-interest mortgage on a house - too generous to resist. Mitch spurns offers from law firms in New York and Chicago in favor of signing with Bendini, Lambert and Locke, a small tax law firm based in Memphis. His mother suffers from mental health issues and lives in Florida. His older brother Ray is imprisoned in Tennessee for manslaughter, and his other brother, Rusty, died in Vietnam. Mitch is married to his high-school sweetheart, Abby McDeere, an elementary school teacher who also attended Western Kentucky University. Mitch McDeere is a graduate of Western Kentucky University with a degree in accounting, who has passed his Certified Public Accountant exam on the first attempt and graduated third in his class at Harvard Law School. Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill, came into prominence afterwards due to this novel's success. In 1993, after selling 1.5 million copies, it was made into a namesake film starring Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and Jeanne Tripplehorn. It was his second book and the first which gained wide popularity. The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller by American writer John Grisham. ![]() ![]() Breathtaking photography and intelligent accompanying text are combined to produce a beautiful coffee-table book, and accessible introduction to one of the fastest-growing religions of today. Read more Guinea to villages in the mountains of Peru, taking in every continent. Paul Slaughter spent three years travelling around the world to capture the photographs for The Baha'i Faith in Words and Images, from remote tribes in Papua New. ![]() This volume combines comprehensive coverage of the Faith's teachings, texts, practices, community life and organization, with images reflecting its rich architectural heritage and the international diversity of its members. In an age where so many are preoccupied with global issues of freedom, human rights, peace and religious intolerance, the Baha'i Faith and its teachings are more relevant than ever before. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200 colour photographs. Contributors: John Danesh and Seena Fazel (Authors) Paul Slaughter (Photographer) Format: Softcover book 160 pages Dimensions: 185 x 240 x 10 mm 610 g. ![]() ![]() An attractive book combining comprehensive coverage of the Baha'i faith's teachings, leaders, and practices, with images reflecting its architectural heritage and international diversity. ![]() Description for The Baha'i Faith in Words and Images Paperback. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Our main character – Cornwall based – Lottie Pumpkin – yup that’s her name – is a Cinderella, Princess and fairytale obsessed teen who lives by a mantra passed down from her mum. I like to think of this first book as The Princess Diaries meets Freaky Friday at Boarding School and it’s so much fun. My memory is atrocious so I’m super impressed by how much I remembered of book one considering I read them in 2017/8!! ![]() ![]() I’m glad I re-read as I’d definitely got the plots of the first two books in the series mixed in my head – which only leads me to be more excited to continue the re-read as I vaguely remember something that happens in book two – this is pretty miraculous in itself. Follow Connie on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr I Thought Connie now writes music and fiction full- time. After five years of publicly documenting her life and hobbies to an audience of 900,000 subscribers on YouTube, Connie closed the book on the Noodlerella project in a bid for more privacy and to pursue her original passions in the performing arts. It was at university that Connie started her hugely successful YouTube channel Noodlerella (named after her favourite food and favourite Disney princess). This passion for stories has never left her, and Connie recently finished a degree in film theory. She had a love for performing stories from a young age and attended Guildhall drama classes as a teenager. Connie Glynn has always loved writing and wrote her first story when she was six, with her mum at a typewriter acting as her scribe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jane Goodall's many followers and all animal-loving children and adult picture book fans will be riveted by this suspenseful and heartwarming fictional story set in China and including an authoritative informational page about pangolins and suggestions for how to help fight animal trafficking.įor the Australian academic and mystery writer, see Professor Jane R. To the rescue comes a small girl who knows that pangolins are friendly fellow creatures who have feelings too, and who convinces her mother to buy Pangolina and set her free. Pangolina is especially vulnerable, since her scales are prized by humans who believe they have curative powers. ![]() ![]() But one day cruel hunters trap Pangolina, putting her into a cage along with her friends, and bring them to a market to be sold as wild game. From legendary naturalist Jane Goodall, an absorbing fictional tale that will steal hearts and open minds about the plight of the pangolin, the only mammalian species with scales, and endangered by illegal trafficking.Īfter a blissful babyhood being cared for by her loving mother, Pangolina ventures out alone into the forest to become an independent adult, helped along by wise, older animal companions, including a civet and a bat. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You can expand upon them, or add your own twist. You can use them, but you don't have to use them. Lonnie and Melody found their aunts portraits of 12 courageous African-American women. *Note: These craft ideas are just suggestions. Make a frame (for the portraits, or for a picture), and decorate with the names of the women. Name some of the women in the book - ever heard of them?ĭraw your own portrait (or that of someone you admire), and write your (or their) accomplishments underneath. Who are some important women that you?ve studied? What have they achieved?Īre there jobs that boys can have that girls can?t? Why/ why not? If you find it difficult to get through all of the biographies of the famous women featured, you can skip a few of them.? This book has an excellent discussion topic - women who often stood alone and were not afraid to take risks.? This is a good chance to discuss diversity and the Civil Rights Movement with your group.? And, you can discuss the Lonnie character and diversity in families and encourage children to reflect on festive dinners with relatives and close friends.?ĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: Tips for reading the book:? This is a lengthy book. What is unusual about the portraits is that they can speak. ![]() While playing, the youngsters discover 12 paintings in the attic, each of which depicts a famous African-American woman. ![]() Melody meets her newly adopted cousin, Lonnie, at her Aunt Connie's house one summer. Grade Level: 4th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.) Volunteers needed in May! Click here to sign up. ![]() ![]() ![]() Covering two tumultuous decades in the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, Lacey looks at the key social, political and personal moments and their effects - not only on the royal family, but also on the world around them. In this eye-opening companion to Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown, renowned biographer and the show's historical consultant, Robert Lacey takes us through the real history that inspired the drama. How have William and Harry each formed their idea of a modern royal’s duty and how they should behave? Were the seeds of damage sowed as Prince Charles and Diana’s marriage painfully unravelled for all the world to see? It asks what happens when two sons are raised for vastly different futures – one burdened with the responsibility of one day becoming king, the other with the knowledge that he will always remain spare. From royal expert and bestselling author Robert Lacey, this book is an unparalleled insider account of tumult and secrecy revealing the untold details of William and Harry’s early closeness then estrangement. ![]() ![]() ![]() We’re there, with Elizabeth, really getting to know her as she adds each entry. Delivering this tale as a journal is a stroke of genius. It is historical fiction turned inside out, a stunning sleight of hand that gives the past the piercing immediacy of the present. What if Elizabeth Macarthur-wife of the notorious John Macarthur, wool baron in the earliest days of Sydney-had written a shockingly frank secret memoir? And what if novelist Kate Grenville had miraculously found and published it? That’s the starting point for A Room Made of Leaves, a playful dance of possibilities between the real and the invented.Ī Room Made of Leaves is the internationally acclaimed author Kate Grenville’s first novel in almost a decade, once again showing how she is one of our most original writers. ![]() “Do not believe too quickly.” – Elizabeth Macarthur ![]() |